Railroad-tie.



No. 691,586. Patentad lanJZl, I982.

J. H. BENDEB.

RAILROAD TIE.

(Application filed July 5, 1901.)

(nu Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB H. BENDER, OF CAMPBELLTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILROAD-TIE.

$PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,586, dated January 21, 1902.

Application filed July 5, 1901.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AOOB H. BENDER, a citizen of the United States,'residing at Campbelltown, in the county of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Railroad-Tie, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in railroad-ties.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of that class of railroad cross-ties employing a metallic body portion and wooden blocks and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and durable cross-tie adapted to afford the elasticity of an ordinary wooden cross-tie and capable of enabling the blocks to be securely mounted on the metallic body portion without the use of bolts or similar fastening devices.

The invention consistsin the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a cross-tie constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig; 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the blocks.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding partsin all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates a metallic body provided at its ends with upwardly-extending enlargements 2, having sockets 3 for the reception of wooden blocks 4, and the latter, which rest squarely upon the bottoms of the sockets, support the rails and afford the same elasticity as an ordinary wooden cross-tie. The ends of the enlargements 2 are preferably sloped and the inner end walls 5 ofthe sockets are inclined or undercut to receive the tapered inner ends 6 of the blocks, whereby the inner ends of the blocks are firmly interlocked with the inner ends of thesockets and are prevented from rising therein. The outer end walls 7 of the sockets are vertical and the other ends 8 of the blocks have vertical faces and are cut away at the lower corners at 9 to permit the Serial No. 67,186- (No model.)

tapered or beveled inner ends to be readily introduced into the sockets.

In assembling the blocks the tapered inner end is first placed in the socket and the block is moved longitudinally to cause the said tapered inner end to enter the recess formed by the inclined inner end wall. The outer end of the block is then swung downward and the cut-away portion will permit the block to be introduced in the socket. When the blocks are assembled, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, the inner ends are interlocked with the innerend walls of the sockets, and the outer ends, which are vertical, are adapted to frictionally engage the outer end walls, and the friction resulting from the outward pressure incident to the tendency of the rails to spread will firmly hold the blocks in engagement with the outer end walls and there will be no liability of the blocks becoming accidentally disengaged from the metallic body. The weight resting upon the blocks will also serve to hold them in the sockets of the metallic body portion of the tie.

The upper and lower faces of the blocks are flat and the rails are designed to be spiked or otherwise secured to the blocks, which project a sufficient distance above the enlargements to prevent the rails from coming in contact with the latter.

It will be seen that the cross-tie is exceedingly simpleand inexpensive in construction, that it possesses great strength and durability, and that it affords the elasticity of an ordinary Wooden cross-tie. It will also be seen that the inner ends of the blocks are positively interlocked with the body portion of the cross-tie and that the outer ends of the blocks frictionally engage the outer walls of the sockets, whereby bolts and similar fastening devices are dispensed with. Furthermore, it will be clear that the blocks may be readily removed'from the sockets When desired.

What I claim is- A cross-tie comprising a body portion provided at its ends with sockets having vertical outer end walls and provided with inclined or undercut inner end Walls forming recesses, In testimony that I claim the foregoing as and the removable blocks having tapered my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 10 inner ends to fit the inner end walls of the I the presence of two witnesses.

sockets and provided with vertical faces at their outer ends and cut away at the bottom JAOOI) LENDER of the latter to permit the blocks to be intro- Witnesses:

duced into the sockets, substantially as de- SUSAN BOWMAN,

scribed. J ACOB BOWMAN. 

